Leftist geography professor at taxpayer-funded university rails at students over shutdown

The Daily Caller ^ | 10-7-2013 | Eric Owens

[KeyLargo]

Leftist geography professor at taxpayer-funded university rails at students over shutdown

9:35 AM 10/07/2013 Eric Owens Education Editor

Last week, a geography professor at the public, taxpayer-funded University of Wisconsin-La Crosse used a required assignment in one of her courses to wage a campaign against Republicans, blaming them entirely for the government shutdown over federal spending.

Rachel Slocum, an assistant professor in the UW–La Crosse geography and earth sciences department, sent the vitriolic email entitled “government websites” on Oct. 1, reports Media Trackers Wisconsin.

Here it is, unexpurgated:

hi everyone

Some of the data gathering assignment will be impossible to complete until the Republican/tea party controlled House of Representatives agrees to fund the government. The Census website, for example, is closed. Please do what you can on the assignment. Those parts that you’re unable to do because of the shutdown will have to wait until Congress decides we actually need a government. Please listen to the news and be prepared to turn in the assignment quickly once our nation re-opens.

[Tzimisce]

Rachel Slocum is a defender of free speech.

So write her and tell her what you think.

rslocum@uwlax.edu

[Lancey Howard]

It’s funny how the scumbags love their goobermint more than life itself. Normal people don’t even notice this alleged “shutdown”. I sure don’t.

[bjc]

Her inappropriate and partisan introduction of politics needs no further comment. The take down of government websites, e.g., Commerce, NIH, Education, was unnecessary and deliberately added to the public’s inconvenience. It will be interesting how many problems are caused when they turn all these sites back on.

[driftless2]

I graduated from UW-La Crosse about 20 years ago. While the department was certainly left of center as a whole, the profs in the science part of geography never brought up politics. Only the cultural geo. profs brought stuff up like that in class. Several of the profs (now retired) used to discuss college politics with several of us students including myself.

One prof related how the school tried to force them to accept a female in one of the positions. They were forced to interview only females for one open position. None of the females interviewed were qualified, and none were hired at that time. But the prof I talked to was mighty upset about the whole charade. It appears the university is now meeting their goal of placing unqualified people in certain positions.

[RetroSexual]

Roughly 10,000 kids pay about $15,000/year (in-state) to attend this typical American university.

Although I'll give 'em credit - a quick look around the website shows that UW-LaCrosse is exceptionally diverse and sustainable :P

[Sgt_Schultze]

In almost every case of evident "shutdown," somebody in government operations had to take an active role in stopping things. Streaming data continues unabated, yet it has been stopped by an activist administrator. Active websites, on which payments have already been made, have been taken offline by activist administrators. Open air monuments and actual mountainsides have been closed to observers by activist administrators who have had to finally visit these places in order to obstruct their use.

In short, a whole lot of money has been spent to halt already-paid-for government in order to hold it hostage to things that the activists still want to buy.

[KeyLargo]

Roughly 10,000 kids pay about $15,000/year (in-state) to attend this typical American university.

You mean parents pay don’t you ?

Of course illegals can pay the same or less in-state tuition in Wisconsin.

Chancellors can lower illegal immigrant tuition, Regents told
By Sharif Durhams of the Journal Sentinel
June 9, 2011

University of Wisconsin System officials said Thursday they can offer significant tuition breaks to illegal immigrants even if lawmakers approve provisions in the state budget designed to curtail that practice.

[VeniVidiVici]

I have studied gender and land access in Mali

Wow! What a coincidence! I majored in Gender and Land Access in Mali!

[Mouton]

“Clark University for an M.A. in International Development and Social Change”

Last two words says it all, another Obamaite.

[massgopguy]

The significant other is just as bad. You have to see the comments about “Arun” from U of Minnesota students. “Worst teacher ever”. “Do not take this class”. “Only wants you to write what he wants to hear”. “If you want to hear why Racism is wrong, but already know why it is. Take a course where you’ll learn something useful”.

[Buckeye McFrog]

I had a college Geography class in the 80’s. It was all about land use and survey technologies. Nothing at all about gender, race or orientation that I can recall.

[KeyLargo]

I have a suggestion for her.

There is a bridge in Mali that she can study...
oh, oh, oops, nevermind.......

8 October 2013 Last updated at 10:40 ET
Mali ‘Islamists’ blow up bridge near Gao

Suspected Islamist militants have blown up a bridge near Mali’s northern town of Gao, the army says.

The bridge over the River Niger near Bentia is on the only route between Gao and neighbouring Niger.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-24441634

[wbill]

Looks like something out of a Spielberg alien flick.

[TurboZamboni]

Cut-and-Paste Diversity

http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/hoax/photo_database/image/cut_and_paste_diversity/

[wbill]

Wonder if they got the "Empty Seat Night" idea from the Jacksonville Jaguars?

The WNBA was on the other night. I tried watching for the first time in a long time, because frankly, I'm not a big hoops fan but enjoy the technical aspects of the game.

Not this game though. About like I remember from last time..... watching paint dry. No wonder there's no one in the seats. If the gods of PC weren't paying attention, the league would have gone belly-up years ago.

[wbill]

UW-LaCrosse is exceptionally diverse and sustainable

I get occasional mailings from my engineering college ...populated 20-odd years ago by 90+% dorky white guys, and the last time I checked, it wasn't much different.

However, if you look at the pictures in the mailings, you would think that every engineer was either female, or a neutrally-ethnic male.

Also, every project was "Environmentally Friendly", "Green", or "Sustainable", rather than projects that are funded by, and further the interests of, evil corporations .... which is almost wholly the case. Plenty of stories about cute and fuzzy tree-hugging grants (directly funded by you and I) and not so many about the millions or 10's of millions in funding from Lockheed, Raytheon, etc to design better radar emitters and things that go bang.

[Lancey Howard]

Yes, this scumbag Rachel Slocum likes to pat black people on the head and show them how kind and wonderful and “selfless” she is to her inferiors.

[fwdude]

Jane Goodall’s progeny with a male chimpanzee.

[bluetick]

I did write her... to ask if her bio is a parody of an unhinged statist!

[cotton]

I see, she writes fiction!